The Miura project begins (Page 53/84)
madcurl FEB 13, 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by Archie:

There is still some work to do some sanding & edges to finish up but, you can see that this armrest is coming along nicely.



Archie



Nice to see the Crew is (pardon the pun) getting a handle on things

Edit: I own page 14, hehe.

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fourpoint9 FEB 15, 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by kwagner:


What is going in the gap at the top of the door? On this pic:
http://upload.wikimedia.org...amborghini_Miura.JPG
the 'fins' go to the top of the door, but it looks like the top is a separate piece? Does it attach to the side of the car?



There's some good Miura pics on Adam Carolla's carcast site: http://www.adamcarolla.com/...miura-s-restoration/
Sofa King FEB 16, 10:13 AM
Hey Archie,

Those detailed pics of the armrest are amazing! THANK YOU! The detail pic of the filler and the hard edges before sanding were perfect - now it all makes sense. I've been unable to do anything because of the cold and I'm getting more antsy everyday! Please keep those pics coming.

Absolutely fantastic work!

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Gokart Mozart FEB 16, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by Archie:


Yeah, I was surfing & I saw that but I wasn't quick enough. That video showed the hood vents real good. The hood vents are one thing we still have to fabricate & I really don't have any real good pics of them.





Here's a few more
http://www.cartype.com/page...borghini_miura__1967

http://www.lambocars.com/miu/p400i1.php
http://www.lambocars.com/miu/p400si1.php
http://www.lambocars.com/miu/p400sv.htm


http://www.lambocars.com/miu/roadsteri1.htm
Archie FEB 22, 11:52 AM
As we continue......

Just let me know, via PM, when you've seen enough of someone making parts &/or fiberglassing.

I think we've gone thru at least one 55 Gal. Drum of resin & 2 or 3 rolls of matt on this car.

Building the Left side inner door panel.





Glassing in the fasteners on the back side of the door panel



Making more flat fiberglass sheet....



Building the vertical part of the door panels







Glassing in the back side of the vertical door panel sections





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Archie FEB 22, 12:14 PM
Sanding & filling arm rests & door panels.









Building the "Hump" onto the door panel fwd. of the armrests....







"Hump" glassing....



Archie
Sofa King FEB 23, 12:07 PM
A,

Love the updates. And no, you can never post too many build pics. If you wouldn't mind, could you post some pics describing and showing the tools used to cut the actual fiberglass shapes from the flat panels before you hot glue and glass them together? I'm trying to absorb as much information as possible. From the pictures it looks like you primarily use mat fiberglass. Do you prefer the mat fiberglass when creating the flat panels?

As always - fantastic work. Buy those guy a beer!

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RUNDLC FEB 23, 03:26 PM
Beer?? I say give them a raise!
Archie FEB 25, 01:19 PM
After building up the "Humps" with some mounting hardware & rounding off the sharp corners & sanding, like we did with the armrests, the door panels are looking good.







The door panels are not yet ready for upholstery. We've now got to work out & mount an inside door release handle & hardware that allows it to actually open the door from the inside.

Now that might not sound like a big deal, however right now the doors have a LOT more stuff mounted inside of them then when they were just the fiberglass shells that came with the kit.



It reminds me of 1990 when I built my Countach 25th Anniversary. I had bought a "complete" kit, which by definition should mean that everything needed was included. None of the stuff that came with the doors wold work or even come close to fitting. Even the hinges were barn door hinges. We spent at least 100 hours & a bunch of $$$$ completing those doors.

This car had no hardware & no instructions or hint as to what the manufacturer used or recommended to build the car. So it's all from scratch on this one.

We also have been working on the louvers that cover the engine area on the rear clip.

That update will be next.

Archie

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Archie FEB 26, 04:22 PM
Our last major exterior body modification is to build the louvers that cover the engine compartment.

Trying to work out a way to make the engine cover louvers, took a little trial & error.

We already knew that making them out of thin metal was not going to work too well. You can google Miura louvers & see that on many Miuras, the louvers look uneven. We knew that making them out of metal was not going to look good because of sag & misalignment.

the louvers on the real car have a slight arc to them & there's no way 6 thin metal louvers with a perfect arc on them & with the 2 90 degree ends on them & make them look halfway decent.

We decided, to get some repeatability, that they needed to be made out of fiberglass.

We made a tool with an arc in it to duplicate the arc of the roofline, to make our parts on.



Then, with our 1st design in mind, we laid up 2 layers of fiberglass, then put in a 1/4" x 1" pc. of bar stock (bent to the same curve as the tool). Then we laid up 2 more layeds of fiberglass on top of that.





After playing with that one for a little bit, we decided that it had too much deflection or "bounce" in it. The weight of the horizontal part was not helping to keep the arc of the metal from sagging. We needed a way to have the fiberglass become a structural part of the strength of the horizontal part of the louver.

We decided on a "sandwich" of materials which would be glued together right on our tool. We would use the same glue mix that we make to bond hood panels together on the Fino/Finale & other cars. When it cures, that glue sets up very solid & keeps the parts right where you put them. Making a "sandwich" of 2 flat fiberglass sheets with 2 arc'ed pcs. of flat stock. All glued together in the shape we wanted might work.

To that end, once again, we made some more flat fiberglass sheet 2 layers thick....



After the fiberglass sheet was totally cured, we cut 2 pcs. of it for each wing.



We also cut 2 pcs. of flat stock 1/4" thick x 3/4" wide & bent it to the arc.

We laid the 1st pc. of fiberglass sheet onto the tool.



We mixed up a batch of our glue



Using a UPS overnight plastic pack, we then glued the 2 pcs. of flat stock on it....



We put on several more beads of glue.....



Then we carefully laid the 2nd pc. of fiberglass sheet on top of that.



Then we put weights on it to let it setup for a while.



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